[Jewelry making - Article 00044] - Re: [Orchid] Converting yellow gold to white

[John Sholl]

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>        All the other stuff written about alloying, while informative
>     from the point of view of making white gold, is moot because that
>     isn't what happened. 

    On the contrary Daniel, It may not be that simple. The piece may have
    been molded and cast. This may have been explained to the customer.
    They may have had no idea what the jeweler was talking about all
    they knew was that their piece was now white. If she believed that
    someone could magically change the molecular structure of an alloy
    she probably couldn't grasp molding and casting. 

    Here in Colorado gold aspen leaves are popular. I have had customers
    bring in leaves they picked up while hiking and asked me to dip them
    in gold. Yes, they think you can just dip them in liquid gold. I
    tell these people about the melting temperature of gold and how
    leaves burn and they look at me and say "well, a guy in Telluride
    does it" .... 

    I understand that there are thieves and hacks in this business but I
    also know that there are many, many, many customers who are clueless
    when it come to jewelry concepts and technology. I hope that it was
    the latter in this case. 

John Sholl
Littleton, Colorado


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